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IndicatorNPLNepalSouth Asia
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #69
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile35rank #141
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.41rank #67
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.42rank #64
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #51
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile34.1rank #168
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.74rank #69
Military spending% GDP0.98%rank #110
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.44rank #51
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile58.8rank #138
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile46.2rank #140
Rule of Law0-100 percentile51.7rank #117
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.66rank #66
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.66rank #50
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.51rank #60
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile55.8rank #102
Women in parliament% seats33.1%rank #52
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.79rank #63
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment22.9%rank #75
Agriculture value added% GDP21.6%rank #26
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker21,382.2rank #150
Current account balance% GDP3.9%rank #36
Employment-to-population ratio%35.1%rank #173
External debt stocks% GNI23.3%rank #18
FDI net inflows% GDP0.13%rank #171
GDPcurrent US$45.49Brank #102
GDP growth%4.4%rank #58
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,535.9rank #160
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $5,276.9rank #147
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $4,725.9rank #155
Government expenditure% GDP19.4%rank #93
Gross capital formation% GDP29.4%rank #25
Gross savings% GDP36%rank #14
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.62%rank #143
Human capital indexindex1.8rank #125
Industry value added% GDP12.1%rank #147
Inflation%2.7%rank #78
Labour force participation rate%39.1%rank #174
Personal remittances received% GDP26%rank #4
R&D expenditure% GDP0.3%rank #68
Researchers in R&Dper million59.7rank #53
Tax revenue% GDP13.9%rank #79
Trade openness% GDP42.6%rank #115
Unemployment% labor force10.5%rank #149
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%10.3%rank #148
Vulnerable employment% employment77%rank #168
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2420.6%rank #138
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2420.4%rank #139
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop93.6%rank #99
Basic sanitation access% pop86%rank #113
Child mortalityper 1002.5rank #94
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,919.8rank #96
DTP3 immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Health spending% GDP6.2%rank #99
Infant mortalityper 1k births22.2rank #91
Life expectancyyears70.6rank #150
Maternal mortalityper 100k142rank #70
Measles immunization% children97%rank #3
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Physiciansper 1k1rank #35
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m353.2rank #189
Road traffic deathsper 100k16.3rank #70
Smoking prevalence% adults28.7%rank #106
Suicide mortality rateper 100k10.1rank #124
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k227rank #127
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births25.1rank #131
Undernourishment% pop5.3%rank #17
Education
Adult literacy%68.7%rank #43
Education spending% GDP3.7%rank #28
Expected years of schoolingyears13.8rank #92
Mean years of schoolingyears4.5rank #174
Primary completion rate% relevant age109.4%rank #1
Primary enrollment% gross128.6%rank #1
Secondary enrollment% gross90.4%rank #68
Tertiary enrollment% gross21.3%rank #76
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00019rank #80
Fertility ratebirths/woman2rank #106
Median age of populationyears24.7rank #147
Net migration rateper 1,000-13.8rank #200
Populationpeople29.62Mrank #52
Population growth%-0.11%rank #179
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years76rank #138
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands34,642rank #58
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age54rank #115
Urban population%67%rank #88
Climate
CO₂ emissionst18.78Mrank #92
CO₂ per capitat0.63rank #162
Electricity access% pop97.9%rank #13
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation98.8%rank #3
Electricity from solar% generation1.1%rank #125
Electricity from wind% generation0.09%rank #100
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita351rank #129
Forest area% land41.6%rank #73
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.4rank #22
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh24.3rank #3
Renewable electricity%100%rank #1
Renewable energy share%73.7%rank #23
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e43rank #94
Society
Asylum seekerspeople14,564rank #126
Extreme poverty% pop2.4%rank #20
Female labor participation%27.5%rank #166
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10010.1rank #98
Gender Development Indexratio0.86rank #100
Gender Inequality Index0-10.49rank #113
Gini indexindex30rank #12
Homicide rateper 100k2.1rank #57
Human Development Index0-10.62rank #113
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.44rank #107
Internally displaced personspeople50,000rank #3
Internet users% pop46.3%rank #146
Life satisfaction0-105.1rank #96
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.59rank #87
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #26
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #16
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.04rank #93
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.31rank #132
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people19,613rank #84
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people8,019rank #110
Youth NEET rate%30.5%rank #155
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year9rank #6
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.3rank #37
Human hazard & exposure0-103.4rank #29
INFORM risk score0-104.9rank #38
Lack of coping capacity0-105.7rank #48
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-104.1rank #37
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107rank #49
Natural hazard & exposure0-105.1rank #38
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1rank #2
Socio-economic vulnerability0-105.5rank #52
Vulnerability0-104.8rank #37
Vulnerable groups0-104.1rank #36
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